2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumO'Malley and Sanders give Clinton run for her money at Nevada caucus dinner
Source: theguardian.com
Hillary Clinton found herself in an unexpected battle for the support of primary voters in Nevada, as Bernie Sanders and Martin OMalley impressed at a caucus dinner in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. The Nevada caucuses, scheduled for 20 February, are the third primary to take place, making the state crucial for a candidate hoping to build momentum.
In front of a raucous crowd of 2,200 people armed with yellow plastic vuvuzelas, hand-pumped red squeak-horns and flashing blue air traffic control sticks, the three candidates set out their core policy areas rather than addressing each other directly. Rather they reserved their ammunition for Donald Trump.
Sanders supporters were by far the noisiest and most vocally enthusiastic from long before the candidates emerged. Chants of Bernie! Bernie! went up several times before general cheers drowned them out. A small coterie held aloft a rainbow H for Hillary, but as Born in the USA played the candidates in, the chants of Sanders supporters drowned out the others.
That support could signal a problem for Clinton in a state which she had previously thought relatively safe, a stronghold even. Sanders only hired a state director for Nevada in October, while the Clinton campaign has had staff in place since April.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/07/martin-omalley-and-benie-sanders-hillary-clinton-nevada-caucus-dinner
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)They could have been holograms.
demwing
(16,916 posts)you can't know for sure
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Probably had the chant streaming over some new Innertoob gadget. You know how those Sanders supporters love the New Teks while HRC supporters are more the No. 2 and Big Chief crowd.